jhuffman comments on The Craigslist Revolution: a real-world application of torture vs. dust specks OR How I learned to stop worrying and create one billion dollars out of nothing - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Kevin 10 February 2010 03:15AM

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Comment author: jhuffman 11 February 2010 07:27:42PM 0 points [-]

Revenue generated this way is not necessarily new charity revenue. Some people will donate about the same amount of money to charities every year - what may vary is which ones get their attention.

Comment author: Kevin 11 February 2010 08:44:03PM 1 point [-]

I think you had the same misunderstanding as this person: http://lesswrong.com/lw/1qf/the_craigslist_revolution_a_realworld_application/1lth In short the idea is not to give free ads for charities, but to put up normal commercial advertisements and give the proceeds to charity.